Please turn off cellphones during screening April 17, 2012 (XXIV:13) Online versions of the Goldenrod Handouts are in color Fernando Meirelles, CITY OF GOD (2002, 130 min.) Directed by Fernando Meirelles Based on the novel by Paulo Lins Screenplay by Bráulio Mantovani Produced by Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Mauricio Andrade Ramos Original Music by Ed Cortês and Antonio Pinto Cinematography by César Charlone Film Editing by Daniel Rezende Alexandre Rodrigues…Buscapé - Rocket Leandro Firmino…Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé Phellipe Haagensen…Bené - Benny Douglas Silva…Dadinho - Li'l Dice Jonathan Haagensen…Cabeleira - Shaggy Matheus Nachtergaele…Sandro Cenoura - Carrot Seu Jorge…Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned Jefechander Suplino…Alicate - Clipper Alice Braga…Angélica Emerson Gomes…Barbantinho - Stringy 2002 City of God, 2002 “Cidade dos Homens”, and 2000 “Brava Edson Oliveira…Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy Gente.” Michel de Souza…Bené Criança - Young Benny Roberta Rodrigues…Berenice - Bernice ED CORTÊS has 5 composer credits: 2007 Not by Chance, 2002 Luis Otávio…Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket Onde a Terra Acaba, 2002 City of God, 2002 “Cidade dos Maurício Marques…Cabeção – Melonhead Homens”, and 2001 Behind the Sun. FERNANDO MEIRELLES (November 9, 1955, São Paulo, São ANTONIO PINTO has 7 music credits: 2007 Love in the Time of Paulo, Brazil) has 17 director credits: 2011 360, 2011 Cholera, 2006 “Um Menino Muito Maluquinho” (26 episodes), “Brazukas”, 2009 Som e Fúria - O Filme, 2009 “Sound & Fury”, 2005 “Jonny Zero”, 2004 Collateral, 1998 The Nutty Boy 2, and 2008 Blindness, 2002-2005 “Cidade dos Homens”, 2005 The 1998 Central Station. Constant Gardener, 2002 City of God, 2001 Maids, 2000 “Brava Gente”, 1998 The Nutty Boy 2, 1998 E no meio passa um trem, CÉSAR CHARLONE (1958, Montevideo, Uruguay) has 19 1997 “A Comedy of Private Lives”, 1989 “Rá-Tim-Bum” (30 cinematographer credits: 2011 La Redota - Una Historia de episodes), 1986 Olhar Eletrônico, 1983 Brasília, and 1983 Marly Artigas, 2010 Futebol Brasileiro, 2009 “Independent Lens” Normal. (Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors), 2008/II Blackout, 2008 Blindness, 2007 Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That BRÁULIO MANTOVANI has 13 film and TV screenplay credits: Crashed on the Mo untains, 2007 El baño del Papa, 2005 The 2010 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, 2010 VIPs, 2008 Last Stop Constant Gardener, 2004 “Sucker Free City”, 2002 City of God, 174, 2008 Linha de Passe, 2007 Chega de Saudade, 2007 Elite 2000 “Brava Gente”, 2000 Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Squad, 2007 Querô: A Damned Report, 2006 The Year My Entre Dois Mundos, 1996 Como Nascem os Anjos, 1995 Two Parents Went on Vacation, 2005 Nanoilusão, 2002 Bus 174, Billion Hearts, 1989 Doida Demais, 1987 The Man in the Black Meirelles—CITY OF GOD—2 Cape, 1987 Feliz Ano Velho, 1985 Aqueles Dois, and 1984 Em Birdwatchers, 2008 “Queridos Amigos” (25 episodes), 2007 Nome da Segurança Nacional. “Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes”, 2006 Bog of Beasts, 2006 Journey to the End of the Night, 2005 “América” (80 ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES… Buscapé – Rocket (May 21, 1983, episodes), 2005 Red Carpet, 2005 Árido Movie, 2005 Delicate Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has 12 acting credits: Crime, 2004 “Da Cor do Pecado” (133 episodes), 2002 Eclipse, 2010 “Escrito nas Estrelas” (90 episodes), 2009 “Paraíso” (160 2002 City of God, 2001 Bufo & Spallanzani, 1999 Castle Ra- episodes), 2008 “Tiempo final”, 2007 “Antônia”, 2007 Tim-Bum, 1999 Gêmeas, 1998 Kenoma, 1998 Midnight, 1998 Forbidden to Forbid, 2006 “Sinhá Moça” (71 episodes), 2006 Central Station, 1997 Four Days in September, and 1997 Anahy Memórias da Chibata, 2005 Cafundó, 2004 “Cabocla” (61 de las Misiones. episodes), 2003 “Cidade dos Homens”, 2002 City of God, and 2000 “Brava Gente.” SEU JORGE… Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned (b. Jorge Mário da Silva, June 8, 1970, Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has 11 LEANDRO FIRMINO… Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé (June 23, 1978, Rio acting credits: 2012 Reis e Ratos, 2010 Elite Squad: The Enemy de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has 14 acting credits 2011 “A Within, 2008 Carmo, Hit the Road, 2008 The Escapist, 2007 Grande Família”, 2010 “S.O.S. Emergência”, 2009 “Força- Sleepwalkers, 2006 Elipsis, 2006 Tarantino's Mind, 2005 House Tarefa”, 2007 O Homem Que Desafiou o Diabo, 2006-2007 of Sand, 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2002 “Os “Vidas Opostas” (75 episodes), 2006 Cheating in Chains, 2005 Normais”, and 2002 City of God. Cafundó, 2005 “Mano a Mano”, 2004 “A ALICE BRAGA… Diarista”, 2003 “Casseta Angélica (April 15, & Planeta Urgente”, 2003 1983, São Paulo, Brazil) O Corneteiro Lopes, 2002 has 21 acting credits, “Cidade dos Homens”, among them 2012 On 2002 City of God, and the Road (completed), 2000 “Brava Gente.” 2011 The Rite, 2010 Predators Motion PHELLIPE HAAGENSEN… Comics: Moment of Bené – Benny (1984, Rio Extraction, 2010 de Janeiro, Brazil) has 11 Predators, 2010 Repo acting credits: 2010 Men, 2009 Crossing “Força-Tarefa”, 2010 A Over, 2008 Blindness, Thousand Pardons, 2008 2008 Redbelt, 2007 I Am Plastic City, 2008 “Casos Legend, 2007 The Milky e Acasos”, 2008 Máncora, 2006-2007 “Vidas Opostas” (51 Way, 2006 Journey to the End of the Night, 2006 Only God episodes), 2006 Sonhos de Peixe, 2002-2004 “Cidade dos Knows, 2005 Lower City, 2002 City of God, and 1998 Homens” (9 episodes), 2004 Brothers in Faith, 2002 City of God, Trampolim/ and 2000 “Brava Gente.” ROBERTA RODRIGUES… Berenice – Bernice has 25 acting DOUGLAS SILVA… Dadinho - Li'l Dice (1988 in Rio de Janeiro, credits: 2011 “Insensato Coração” (14 episodes), 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has 12 acting credits: 2010 “Os Desenrola, 2010 “As Cariocas”, 2010 5 x Favela, Now by Gozadores”, 2010 “Aventuras do Didi”, 2009 “India - A Love Ourselves, 2008-2009 “Três Irmãs” (92 episodes), 2008 If Story” (43 episodes), 2008 Last Stop 174, 2008 Blindness, 2007 Nothing Else Works Out, 2008 “Casos e Acasos”, 2007 “Faça “Toma Lá, Dá Cá”, 2007 City of Men, 2007 “Carga Pesada”, Sua História”, 2007 “Dicas de um Sedutor”, 2007 “Paraíso 2002-2005 “Cidade dos Homens” (19 episodes), 2002 “Sítio do Tropical” (87 episodes), 2005-2007 “Tecendo o Saber” (39 Pica-Pau Amarelo”, 2002 City of God, and 2000 “Brava Gente.” episodes), 2006 Noel: The Samba Poet, 2006 “Páginas da vida”, 2006 “Sob Nova Direção”, 2006 Mulheres do Brasil, 2006 JONATHAN HAAGENSEN… Cabeleira – Shaggy (February 23, “Filhos do Carnaval”, 2006 “JK”, 2006 Desejo, 2002-2005 1983, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has 15 acting “Cidade dos Homens” (7 episodes), 2005 “A Lua Me Disse” (8 credits: 2010 Bróder, 2009 Embarque Imediato, 2008 “Os episodes), 2004 O Diabo a Quatro, 2004 “Cabocla” (23 Mutantes”, 2007 “Paraíso Tropical” (105 episodes), 2007 City of episodes), 2003 “Mulheres Apaixonadas”, 2003 Garrincha: Men, 2006 Noel: The Samba Poet, 2006 The Passenger: Adult Lonely Star, and 2002 City of God. Secrets, 2006 “Sob Nova Direção”, 2002-2005 “Cidade dos Homens” (8 episodes), 2004 O Diabo a Quatro, 2004 “A Fernando Meirelles (from Wikipedia) Diarista”, 2004 “Da Cor do Pecado” (24 episodes), 2002 Seja o Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist Que Deus Quiser, 2002 City of God, and 2000 “Brava Gente.” who travelled regularly to Asia and North America (among other regions of the world), which gave opportunities for Fernando to MATHEUS NACHTERGAELE… Sandro Cenoura – Carrot have contact with different cultures and places. His mother, (January 3, 1969, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) has 41 acting Sônia Junqueira Ferreira Meirelles, is daughter of farmers and credits, some of which are 2010 “S.O.S. Emergência”, 2010 O worked with landscape architecture and interior design for a long Bem Amado, 2008-2009 “Ó Paí, Ó”, 2008 La virgen negra, 2008 time. Second youngest of four children, he saw his older brother, Meirelles—CITY OF GOD—3 José Marcos, die in a car-bike accident when he was only 4 years film. The filming was done with a professional crew. The film old. His two sisters, Márcia and Silvinha, graduated in theater was a national and international success. and psychology, respectively. Fernando grew up in Alto dos In 2004, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Pinheiros, district of the West Zone of São Paulo, and spending Best Director for City of God. Also, at the 2004 Cannes Film every vacation in farms from both sides of his parents. "Even I Festival, the movie received four nominations: Best Director, have a farm. I don't know why I bought it," he says. Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Photography and Best Editing. With the recognition, he was offered a job in Hollywood. With The Constant Gardener, he again received critical acclaim, receiving several nominations, including for four Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Rachel Weisz went on tho win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Meirelles insisted that the soundtrack be based on the music of African countries, and most of the filming was done in Kenya. In 2007, he began shooting Blindness, a film adaptation of Nobel-prize winner José Saramago's book, Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira. The film, which was released in 2008, was the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival. Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian (2 January 2003): His first experience with cinema was with his father, This electrifying picture is part tender coming-of-age film and who often directed 8 mm films during his job at the university. part gang-warfare epic from the Brazilian slum, or favela, told Mostly western and thriller parodies, he used his relatives and from the viewpoint of the children who manage to be both its friends as actors. At 11, in 1967, he spent a year in the United underclass and its criminal overlords.